I have created a new folder down the left hand side of the page called CLUB LOGO IDEAS. In the folder you can see some ideas from a couple of people. I would be grateful for comments regarding the logos to further develop the ideas. Please even feel free to come up with your own. They can be hand drawn and scanned in as the examples shown.

Either view the photos as a slideshow and see each in turn, or click on the ones that interest you to get a full view of the image

cheers

steve

A few photos from Dale trip Mayday 2007.

 To view, click here, this takes you to the Kodak photo share gallery.

Regards

John Moss

It was decided it had been too long since our club had last visited Dale, in fact looking at the club records 6 years had gone by. It is a surprisingly long haul from Derbyshire, so a long weekend was preferred.

There had always been one or two drawbacks diving at Dale, firstly the nearest garage to get unleaded fuel for our thirsty engines on the two RIBs was 15 miles away, and the air filling station was 6 miles away. A contact was made with a local dive operator who offered to collect and return, not only our air tanks but the jerry cans for boat fuel. An ideal solution or so we thought!

Dale Hill Farm offered a good base for those wishing to pitch a tent or van at an extremely reasonable £5 per unit. All was in place for a perfect weekend, we only needed some good weather!

The 13 divers met in the Griffin pub on the Friday night to discuss the following days diving and of course down 1 or 2. The forecast was looking good and the 'Smalls' was on the wish list of many. Approx 12 miles out and known to be pretty exposed we hoped for a flat sea! Early closing on Friday night curtailed our jubilant mood.

Saturday brought favourable conditions although the wind was forecast to build up during the day. Everyone took on their pre discussed roles and we were soon heading towards the Smalls, which above water is a small group of rocks with the lighthouse standing proud above. The dive was very pretty and gave one or two encounters with some friendly seals, but as is common at this time of year the plankton bloom made for murky water. As the wind was picking up we decided to head head nearer to the mainland stopping at Grassholme for what turned out to be some unexpected drift diving. Each boat has seperate classic incident pit scenarios which were sobering and indeed learning curves for all concerned.

The forecasted wind gradually built up during the weekend and the following day gave us a spectacular journey to the wreck of the 'Lucy', both boats and boat handlers coping brilliantly with the adverse but exhilarating seas. The Lucy was unexpectedly clear and all divers surfaced with wide grins.

Unfortunately our air and fuel contact was unable to help out but club volunteers soon had the required air and jerry tanks filled each day for the group. A diving weekend is so much about working together, meeting new challenges and also disappointments, exploring new sites and visiting old favourites to downing the the last pint. So perhaps not the best diving we've experienced but certainly some more good tales to tell.

Report by Anne Alldread

Well done Sue, Annie and Henry for passing the Dive Leader Theory exam last night. One more step to becoming Dive Leaders and NQI's